Judges 19:18:1Judg.19.18.W1TAB
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר
vayomer
“and he said”
- Transliteration
- va-YO-mer
- Extended
- vah-YOH-mehr
- IPA
- /vajˈjoː.mɛr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he said
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
va-YO-mer
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer e-LAV
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV o-ve-RIM a-NA-khnu mi-BEIT-le-khem ye-hu-DA ad-yar-ke-TEI har-e-fra-YIM mi-SHAM a-NO-khi va-e-LEKH ad-BEIT LE-khem ye-hu-DA ve-et-BEIT Ye-ho-VAH a-NI ho-LEKH ve-EIN ISH me-a-SEF o-TI hab-BAI-ta
Exegesis
The verse opens with vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ a vav-consecutive Qal imperfect introducing direct address.
In context — Judges 19:18
And he said to him, “We are passing through from Bethlehem in Judah to the remotest parts of the hill country of Ephraim. From there I came and went to Bethlehem in Judah, and now I am going to the house of the LORD , but there is no one to receive me into his house.”
About this coordinate
Judges 19:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Judges 19:18, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (vayomer) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.19.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.18.W1.S1) and character.